Re: Anti-DMCA clause (was Re: GPL v3 Draft

2006-01-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
On 1/23/06, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] A legitimate privacy device may function very much like DRM. Consider classified environments, where you really don't want people to copy things around willy-nilly. Making it hard to copy information won't eliminate leaks, but it will

Re: Bug#349279: tailor: _process.py seems under non-GPL license

2006-01-23 Thread Josh Triplett
Osamu Aoki wrote: Thanks for saving lost soul. On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 12:58:28AM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: This clause is universally interpreted to mean that the permission is granted and you don't need to pay a fee to get that permission; in other words, for any purpose and without fee is

Re: STIX Font License

2006-01-23 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't agree that this clause is DFSG-free. It says that the name of an augmented font cannot *include* the term STIX or *any similar* term. That is significantly broader than what is allowed by DFGS#4, which states (in part): Your understanding of the DFSG is well

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-23 Thread Raul Miller
On 1/13/06, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not really. I expect that any court will ignore Moglen's drivel like the Judge Saris did in the MySQL case and will interpret the GPL as a contract (and in this case as a breach of contractual covenant to forbear from the exercise of the

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
On 1/23/06, Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/13/06, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not really. I expect that any court will ignore Moglen's drivel like the Judge Saris did in the MySQL case and will interpret the GPL as a contract (and in this case as a breach of

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
On 1/23/06, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/23/06, Raul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/13/06, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not really. I expect that any court will ignore Moglen's drivel like the Judge Saris did in the MySQL case and will interpret

GR proposal: GFDL with no Invariant Sections is free

2006-01-23 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
[ Bcc'ed to -project, -devel and -legal, any further discussion and/or seconds on -vote, please. ] After reading all the recent posts about the GFDL on debian-vote, I hereby propose the following General Resolution and ask for seconds. --8-- The Debian Project asserts that Works licensed under

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-23 Thread Raul Miller
On 1/23/06, Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://pacer.mad.uscourts.gov/dc/opinions/saris/pdf/progress%20software.pdf With respect to the General Public License (GPL), MySQL has not demonstrated a substantial likelihood of success on the merits or irreparable harm. Affidavits

Re: Distributing GPL software.

2006-01-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Plonk. regards, alexander.

Re: GR proposal: GFDL with no Invariant Sections is free

2006-01-23 Thread olive
Fabian Fagerholm wrote: [ Bcc'ed to -project, -devel and -legal, any further discussion and/or seconds on -vote, please. ] After reading all the recent posts about the GFDL on debian-vote, I hereby propose the following General Resolution and ask for seconds. --8-- The Debian Project asserts

Re: GR proposal: GFDL with no Invariant Sections is free

2006-01-23 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 10:52:56AM +0400, olive wrote: Fabian Fagerholm wrote: Works licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.2, as published by the Free Software Foundation (GNU FDL), are free in accordance with the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), if and only if